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Review Milestone Marks Capterra as the Worlds Largest and Most Trusted Business Software Review Site

Capterra, the worlds most comprehensive, free web service for helping businesses find and compare software, today announced that it has surpassed200,000 user-generated software reviewsand ratings on its site. Since its founding in 1999, Capterra continues to advance as a leader in the business software buying marketplace, and is on track for record growth again this year with over 50,000 reviews submitted by users year-to-date.

Capterra was the first website to introduce user reviews of software to help businesses better evaluate these systems, starting back in 2008. The companys popularity and impact on the software buying marketplace has grown exponentially since then, and today millions of businesses useCapterra.comeach month to help them find the software solutions that best fit their needs.

We launched user-reviews back in 2008 because we believed that the power of reviewsas a way to maximize the voice of the customerapplied not only to consumer products, but to B2B products as well, says Capterra Co-founder and GM,Michael Ortner. The ability to hear directly from peers as you are going through the buying process has now become the norm.

Ortner continues, This level of transparency is great for the business software industry as a whole. When you look at the renewed focus on user experience and customer service over the last five to ten years, it is hard to imagine that user-reviews have not played a major role in that.

Capterras industry-leading milestone of 200,000 reviews demonstrates just how critical peer reviews have become to software buying process. Capterra continues to provide software buyers with the tools to get input from their peers, and is making strides in its mission to help individuals make well-informed and confident technology decisions for their businesses.

Capterra is the worlds most comprehensive, free web service for helping businesses find and compare software. Millions of businesses use Capterra.com each month to search for their best-fit solutions. Capterra combines over 200,000 user reviews of more than 30,000 software companies to help buyers find the right software quickly, enabling businesses to operate more efficiently.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. JULY 12, 2017

TerraGoannounced today that Hong Kong used TerraGo software to design and publish theelectronic Hong Kong Guide, 2017 edition, which is now available in both Chinese and English, for free download from the Lands Department website. Hong Kong also provides TerraGo desktop software and mobile apps free of charge for citizens and tourists to help them use the guide, personalize maps with notes and photos, and then share them with friends.

Much like the USGS chose GeoPDF for sharing maps of the American landscape with the public, Hong Kong saw the opportunity to better engage its citizens and visitors by sharing data-rich yet easy-to-use maps, accessible from any device, said John Timar, Vice President, Worldwide Sales at TerraGo. With free TerraGo apps, anybody can download the guide and then instantly access and update them from any location, even without a network connection, avoiding expensive data charges but most importantly meaning the maps are always available whenever you need them, even when the network isnt.

TerraGos GeoPDF software applications and mobile apps help customers in over 70 countries around the world turn complex geographical data into intuitive, interactive maps that can be utilized by all users and stakeholders with free software on phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers.

To learn more about the Hong Kong Guide, clickhereto view the video produced by the Hong Kong Lands Department. Download theHong Kong Guideand view from your desktop using the no-costTerraGo Toolbaror from your mobile device with the free TerraGo EdgeiOS apporAndroid app.

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About TerraGo

TerraGo develops software applications and mobile apps that make it easy for our customers to collect data, share information and work together anywhere, any time. From sharing feature-rifch maps and imagery to deploying on-demand apps for a mobile workforce, TerraGo builds intuitive products that enable collaboration from any place on the planet.

Founded in 2005, TerraGo invented the industrys most widely adopted geospatial collaboration technology with its innovative GeoPDF products, revolutionized field data collection with TerraGo Edge and provides the industrys most advanced rapid mobile application development with the TerraGo Magic zero-code platform as a service.

TerraGos customers include the worlds leading defense and intelligence departments, government agencies, non-profits and commercial enterprises in every industry, with over 2,000 global customers based in over 70 countries and all 50 US states.

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A new partnership between IBM and Automation Anywhere, announced via press release on Thursday, will offer integrations of the two companies' technologies to more effectively automate data-intensive business processes.

Automation Anywhere uses its Robotic Process Automation (RPA) platform to create specific software bots that handle repetitive work tasks. That platform will be integrated with automation software from IBM, such as the IBM Business Process Manager and Operational Decision Manager, to provide a more broad approach to automation, the release said.

Essentially, businesses that are managing certain business processes through IBM software will be able to create bots to streamline those processes with Automation Anywhere's RPA platform, the release said. The joint effort will be available to business systems running on-premises or in the cloud.

SEE: Research: Automation and the future of IT jobs (Tech Pro Research)

By automating and improving business processes, the pair aims to "free employees to focus their time on more creative and customer-facing aspects of their jobs," the release said. This fits the trend of other companies looking to AI to complement employee work, not necessarily replace it.

Industries like banking, financial services, and insurance, which typically require manual tasks for many processes, stand to benefit from the partnership, the release said. This is especially true when the processes are data-intensive as well.

"The ability to smartly process and manage data is fast-becoming a competitive advantage," Denis Kennelly, general manager of IBM Hybrid Cloud solutions, said in the release. "The combination of the Automation Anywhere and IBM process management platforms provides a powerful new way for companies to streamline business processes so employees can spend less time filling out forms and more time working with customers."

For example, a bank employee could use a bot to make it easier to process new loans or open new accounts, the press release noted. The bot could find and capture the necessary data from other documents and bring it into the required forms.

Insurance provider The Hanover Insurance Group uses bots available through the partnership to more efficiently handle some of its back-office processes. In addition to speeding their completion of the tasks, Ian Maher, vice president of strategic sourcing at The Hanover Group, said in the release that it "could be a starting point for adding more advanced cognitive capabilities into our business processes."

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Q. Are those free PC antivirus programs safe to use?

A. The web is full of choices, but if you are looking for free protection for your computer, go with a program from an established security software company. You can find roundups and reviews online and the AV-Test.org site has a list of well-known software creators. Programs that pepper your screen with pop-ups or try to convince you that your computer is full of worms and viruses are often spyware or scams themselves.

Several companies offer free basic versions of their more complete security suites to home users including Avast, AVG, Bitdefender, Sophos and ZoneAlarm. As the range of malicious software has expanded to other computing platforms, some companies now offer free tools for the Mac and mobile platforms as well; Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac is among the options. Free apps that specifically protect against ransomware (like Bitdefenders Anti-Ransomware Tool for Windows) can also be found.

When browsing for software, make sure you are actually getting a copy of the companys free antivirus tool and not just the free trial version of a more comprehensive paid program. Depending on the program, you may be asked to share user data for research or see ads and upgrade offers within the free software. Paid versions typically provide more comprehensive protections, like network or game scanning.

Microsoft makes its own antivirus software for its Windows systems. If it is not already installed, Windows 7 users can download the Microsoft Security Essentials program from the companys site. The current version of Windows 10 comes with the Windows Defender Security Center for blocking viruses and other threats; go to the Settings app and open the Update & Security icon to check your coverage. (Apple builds in protective features like app-screening and anti-phishing alerts into its Mac OS software, but a third-party program goes further.)

Security software can help block malicious code from invading your computer, but be on guard for more socially engineered attacks from email and other online sources. StaySafeOnline.org has a guide to spam and phishing lures, and other threats to avoid.

Personal Tech invites questions about computer-based technology to techtip@nytimes.com. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually.

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Protecting Your Computer with Free Software - New York Times

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